04178nam 2200577 a 450 991046124840332120200520144314.01-56549-388-5(CKB)2670000000160222(EBL)3328933(OCoLC)929119866(MiAaPQ)EBC3328933(MiAaPQ)EBC911923(Au-PeEL)EBL3328933(CaPaEBR)ebr10545785(Au-PeEL)EBL911923(OCoLC)780532252(EXLCZ)99267000000016022220101007d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierInside the everyday lives of development workers[electronic resource] the challenges and futures of Aidland /edited by Anne-Meike Fechter and Heather HindmanSterling, Va. Kumarian Press20111 online resourceDescription based upon print version of record.1-56549-324-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 False Binaries: Altruism and Selfishness in NGO Work -- 3 Maintaining Independence: The Moral Ambiguities of Personal Relations Among Ghanaian Development Workers -- 4 Intercultural Encounters, Colonial Continuities and Contemporary Disconnects in Rural Aid: An Ethnography of Development Practitioners in Madagascar -- 5 Orienting Guesthood in the Mennonite Central Committee, Indonesia -- 6 Everywhere and Everthrough: Rethinking Aidland -- 7 Anybody at Home? The Inhabitants of Aidland -- 8 Dealing With Danger: Risk and Security in the Everyday Lives of Aid Workers -- 9 The Hollowing Out of Aidland: Subcontracting and the New Development Family in Nepal -- 10 Epilogue: Who Is International Aid? Some Personal Observations -- Contributors -- Index.* Explores the social and cultural worlds shaping aid workers and their development practices* Shows how aid workers in the "field" negotiate a variety of often conflicting and contradictory imperatives of the development systemMuch and warranted attention is paid to the lives of aid recipients - their household lives, saving habits, gender relations, etc. It's held that a key to measuring the effectiveness of aid is contained in such details. Rarely, however, is the lens turned on the lives of aid workers themselves. Yet the seemingly impersonal network of agencies and donors that formulate and implement policy are composed of real people with complex motivations and experiences that might also provide important lessons about development's failures and successes. Hindman and Fechter break new ground by illuminating the social and cultural world of the aid agency, a world that is neglected in most discussions of aid policy. They examine how aid workers' moral beliefs interlink and conflict with their initial motivations, how they relate to aid beneficiaries, their local NGO counterparts, and other aid workers, their views on race and sexuality, the effect of transient lifestyles and insider language, and the security and family issues that come with choosing such a career. Ultimately, they arrive at a more comprehensive understanding of development processes that acknowledges a rich web of relationships at all levels of the system.Nonprofit organizationsEmployeesCase studiesSocial serviceCase studiesHumanitarian assistanceSocial aspectsCase studiesInternational reliefSocial aspectsCase studiesElectronic books.Nonprofit organizationsEmployeesSocial serviceHumanitarian assistanceSocial aspectsInternational reliefSocial aspects331.7/6133891Fechter Anne-Meike1054812Hindman Heather1037565MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461248403321Inside the everyday lives of development workers2487731UNINA